Dry drills for angle grinder - Tile Advice

[Dumbo]

Maybe I'm a bit late to the party but to those of you that haven't tried these yet you should do as I've drilled 10 mm porcelain in under 20 seconds with a 25 mm hole . The make I'm using is Mexco although I understand ATS products are much liked . Time easily outweighs cost .

 

[J Sid]

yes you are very late to the party,

 

[Italy]

yes you are very late to the party,

Ahah, crazy julian.
I,They are over the party

 

[Dumbo]

Still know tilers that haven't got in their cars yet to leave for the party

 

[J Sid]

as you say, so much quicker and the ats bit are a good price

 

[Flintstone]

I'm still on the drill ones, do you go outside to cut them and do you have a seperate grinder? Is the cut as clean ?

 

[Italy]

I'm still on the drill ones, do you go outside to cut them and do you have a seperate grinder? Is the cut as clean ?

No, cut as clean with drill and water. just slower...for me

 

[Dumbo]

I'm still on the drill ones, do you go outside to cut them and do you have a seperate grinder? Is the cut as clean ?

Just get one and try it . They make a bit of dust but don't tend to throw it every like cutting a tile with angle grinder.

 

[J Sid]

I'm still on the drill ones, do you go outside to cut them and do you have a seperate grinder? Is the cut as clean ?

can be a clean cut and dust free. I hold a damp/wettish sponge against the bit which reduces the dust and chipping, and I have a separate grinder for the job and do it indoors.
get one and try it, use as above and you'll be converted

 

[Italy]

II passed by diamond cutters grinder, a drill cutters, many years ago.
I never felt comfortable with grinder.
I prefer the drill with water and cutters sigma, slower cutting but for many years.

 

[Flintstone]

I can see the benifit if you have a real load of holes to drill in one job, but I'm not in a mega rush to save 2 mins!

 

[Old Mod]

I can see the benifit if you have a real load of holes to drill in one job, but I'm not in a mega rush to save 2 mins!

It's not just about time Andy, it's actually much easier to use a grinder.
There's no dust to speak of really.
But the real advantage is that your hand is very close to the actually drill bit, which means it's easier to control, a lot easier.
With a drill you need to be sure it's vertical and so on. Using a grinder your hand is just a couple inches away which is a lot easier and they are far more less likely to skate like a drill bit.
Trick is to slightly rock your hand in a circular motion and not just push straight down. This makes them far more efficient and increases the life 10 fold.

 

[Flintstone]

I'll add a couple to my order when I next order some blades!

 

[Matt Bott]

I use these daily on site protiler have there own cheap brand you can also grab an adapter for putting them into a drill as 3 fall said so much more controll I think adding a bit of water is a good idea sometimes you can make them glow on johnsons tiles and they crack, burnt a new build floor once haha

 

[Dumbo]

Mounting these drill bits in a drill makes the process slower as drills have less rpm than grinders